Nearly Lost It...
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ianwood
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There is a calibration algorithm that works between the two that will be part of the GNSS receiver.
I calibrate every time I turn the phantom on. Most of the time its right in front of my house and everytime it has 0 satellites connected before I calibrate. I don't understand why people wait til something goes wrong before they start taking pre cautions. Especially something so minor that takes less than a minute to do. Glad you didnt lose your bird. But compass calibrations are just one thing you shoul do every flight. Check batteries health and voltage is another thing nobody bothers and such a high risk.
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It is one of those if it ain't broke things and recalibrating every time won't make you safer.
It's better to understand what compass calibration does rather than use it as a superstitious ritual.
Not what caused your temporary glitch. If it's flying straight now, that's all it was.
Calibration every flight is completely unnecessary, and even more so if you are in the same location.
It doesn't make your flying any safer and introduces to possibility of getting a bad compass calibration.
DJI would have recommended it if it was important.
If you don't change anything on your Phantom, you can go months without compass calibration.
I would hold this to be true. Except the fact everytime I turn on p3 0 satellites. No signal. Theres a red x only the signal strength bars. When I calibrate. Full bars. Green lights. 12-16 satellites.
You may be right. But, that makes no sense at all. How does the bird know where its GPS is without satellites. A compass is letting the bird know where its located.
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Without satellites, the Phantom has no idea where it is.
You can't tell where you are with just a compass - neither can your Phantom.
The compass only tells it where north is.
What was the craft sitting on in the picture?
EDIT, found it, your backpack?
No metal in the backpack including zippers or other things like laptop or tablet, maybe screw drivers?
The craft has it's compass in it's leg, if sitting close enough to a metal object you will get this. If not you have a bad compass.
EDIT, found it, your backpack?
No metal in the backpack including zippers or other things like laptop or tablet, maybe screw drivers?
The craft has it's compass in it's leg, if sitting close enough to a metal object you will get this. If not you have a bad compass.
I was not doing the calibrate for the compass ontop of the bag?? I was away from the bag and anything else, onlt thing i had on me was car keys.. Going to try again this evening
Yes but the craft was sitting on top of the bag when you were receiving this message, correct?
Also for those guys that are married, take off your wedding ring when you do a compass calibration. Rings and watches are the most common error for bad compass calibration .
Also for those guys that are married, take off your wedding ring when you do a compass calibration. Rings and watches are the most common error for bad compass calibration .
No i received this message when the compass calibration tried to finish.. My compass would not calibrate at all..
Try again if it doesn't calibrate and you don't have metal on then it's a bad compass.. What are the mod values under sensors?
If i cant calibrate later ill go into advanced and sensors and take a screen shot.. Thanks
One thing I've noticed is you have to rotate past 360 degrees in both horizontal and vertical planes when doing the compass dance. Try holding the bird at arms length away at eye level so you can confirm when the lights change.
Otherwise you probably have a defective compass.
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